The human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people are violated every day, in ways ranging from discrimination and violation of the right to form a family to torture and execution. While international law recognizes the human rights, freedom, and equality of every human being, many countries and leaders claim that LGBTI people do not qualify for basic human rights. Laws criminalizing consensual sex between adults of the same sex exist on six continents, and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status is legal in most countries. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights launched an initiative in 2013 called Free & Equal, a global education campaign working to destigmatize LGBTI people and promote respect.
ADDED ON: 04/01/2023
South Africans took to the streets of Pretoria and Cape Town on Friday to protest against a Ugandan law passed last week that makes it a criminal offence to be openly LGBTQ.…
ADDED ON: 03/31/2023
A domestic Italian clash could soon become a European problem, with mayors of Italian cities being prevented from registering foreign birth certificates when presented by same-sex couples. The mayor of Milan Beppe Sala…
ADDED ON: 03/31/2023
Poland has confirmed that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be banned from this year’s European Games, which is being hosted in Kraków and its surrounding region in June and July. The decision makes Poland…
ADDED ON: 03/31/2023
A group of Ugandan mothers who have LGBT children have written a letter to President Yoweri Museveni urging him not to sign into law a new draft law under which people who…
ADDED ON: 03/30/2023
Uganda's parliament last week passed one of the world's toughest laws against homosexual activities, prompting widespread condemnation. If signed into law by the president, anyone who identifies as LGBT could face life…
ADDED ON: 03/30/2023
Slovak lawmakers condemned peers in the European Parliament who voiced deep concerns about discrimination against the country’s LGBTQ minority and urged the administration to improve their rights. Conservative lawmakers across Slovakia’s political spectrum…
ADDED ON: 03/29/2023
A queer Ukrainian solider has called for same-sex marriage to be legalised in the country as LGBTQ+ soldiers “could die tomorrow” and their partners would have no legal rights in an “unfair”…
ADDED ON: 03/29/2023
Speaker Alban Bagbin has said Ghana will not adopt Uganda’s strict legislative measure against the activities of LGBTQ in the country. Uganda has made it illegal to practice gay, lesbian etc in…
ADDED ON: 03/28/2023
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) is a very sensitive topic to Ghanaians as some of them have taken entrenched position against the practice. Speaking at a press briefing as part…
ADDED ON: 03/28/2023
JusticeMakers Bangladesh, a renowned human rights organization, has expressed grave concern over the murder of Khalek, a transgender woman, on Feb. 19 in Gazipur in central Bangladesh. Khalek, 44, was stabbed by…
ADDED ON: 03/27/2023
A popular social networking app for gays, Grindr, has issued a warning to its users in Egypt after reports emerged that police are using fake accounts to persecute the LGBTQ+ community. This…
ADDED ON: 03/26/2023
Frederick Lea Hardy died fighting for Canada near Vimy Ridge in the First World War. Shortly before being killed in action, the teenager spent time in prison doing hard labour as a…
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